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The Trump administration is looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates as it eyes significant changes to its diplomatic presence abroad, according to an internal State Department document obtained by CNN.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

please...feel free. go away! the majority of your ppl shit for a while now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Putin mustve really wanted trump to hasten us departure from thier allies, he needs to desperately win Ukraine soon.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Take your military bases too.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

The US is an absolute joke. Their current administration is a circlejerk of brainrot. It's impossible to put into words how it looks from the outside. Trying to use words to describe it is like taste-testing the different flavor profiles of a spoonful of shit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Doing other countries a favor.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So if a American needs access to a embassy while traveling what are they to do?

I always thought embassys are equally important for Americans traveling abroad and potentially people looking to immigrate.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

That's the whole idea. They want to make travel from or to the USA difficult and unsafe. If you can't immigrate via an embassy, most people are going to avoid immigration, and those that do can probably be considered "illegal" in some way. If Americans leave the USA, they're not going to have a government to support them if they have a local issue.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

I was just considering how I could get to the US consulate in my province to protest yesterday. It's about four hours away and I haven't seen anything about anyone pushing those buttons.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

A fascist-run country does not care about allies or friends. In doing so, it becomes vulnerable and disadvantaged.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ugh, how much are EU golden passports again…

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Depends, you wanna move to Hungary? If so €250,000. Wanna move to something less authoritarian? €500,000+

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Wait, Malta is €500,000? Or somewhere else.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Trump and Musk are tirelessly working to make America weak politically and militarily

it’s a race to the bottom (or at least a race to get under Russia and China)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Man if they do make America weak militarily I'll give them a blowjob, but no. They're making America weak politically and less competent militarily with little to no change to the war machine itself.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Until the oligarchs start embezzling the defense budget.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Please American oligarchs start embezzling from the defense budget.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Classic maneuver, divide and conquer. Even animals know you gotta separate your prey from the rest of the pack before you can take them down with the least amount of effort.